stevel@dartvax.UUCP (Steve Ligett) (06/14/85)
In replying to the following from John Gilmore - >> Well, I was just reading a trade rag that quoted Intel and AMD as >> having REDUCED the price of the 80186 by 50% to $15-20 for 25K. We got >> quotes of about $10 for 10MHz 68000's in quantity last month. >> All those pins are really driving up the price... > Ken Shoemaker says ... But think about it, how can a 64 pin > package ever be cheaper than a 48 pin package? It takes more material, > for sure, but in addition to that, it requires more board space and and > Phil Ngai says ... > But a 64 pin package will alway be more expensive than a 40 pin package, > both for the vendor and for the user. Board space isn't free. What are these 40 and 48 pin packages? I thought this was 68000 vs 80186. They both come in 68-pin chip carriers, don't they? (You're right - I don't have the space to consider 64-pin dips.) I know my data sheets are out of date, but?? (I am willing to accept any new data books you want to send me - Steve Ligett/Kiewit Bldg/Hanover, NH 03755 :-) -- Steve Ligett CSNET:stevel@dartmouth or UUCP:(astrovax bedford colby cornell dalcs decvax harvard ihnp4 linus lscvax psc70 research uvm-gen)!dartvax!stevel (my employer is likely to be unaware of my opinions...)